Factors Predicting Covid-19 Prevention Behaviours in Asthma Patients
Keywords:
asthma, COVID-19, prevention, behaviorsAbstract
Objective: To examine the predictive powers of asthma patients’ 1) knowledge of Covid-19; 2) perceived risk of Covid-19 infection; 3) perceived severity of Covid-19; and 4) perceived self-efficacy for the prevention of Covid-19 infection on their Covid-19 prevention behaviours
Design: Correlational predictive research
Methodology: The sample population was 119 asthma patients aged 18 years and older receiving follow-up treatment at the asthma clinic of a super-tertiary hospital in Bangkok. Data were collected using: 1) a demographic form; 2) a questionnaire on the knowledge of Covid-19; 3) a questionnaire on perceived risk of Covid-19 infection; 4) a questionnaire on perceived severity of Covid-19; 5) a questionnaire on perceived self-efficacy for the prevention of Covid-19 infection; and 6) a questionnaire on the patients’ Covid-19 prevention behaviours. The data were analysed using descriptive statistics and multiple regression analysis.
Results: Two-thirds (68.90%) of the sample population were female, with an average age of 64 (SD = 11.80). Nearly all of the subjects (95.80%) displayed a high level of Covid-19 prevention behaviours. All of the factors were capable of jointly predicting the variation of Covid-19 prevention behaviours in 36.50% (R2 = .365, p < .001) of the patients. The three most influential predictive factors were perceived self-efficacy for the prevention of Covid-19 infection (β = .399, p < .001), perceived severity of Covid-19 (β = .283, p < .001), and perceived risk of Covid-19 infection (β = .206, P < .05), respectively.
Recommendations: Nurses are advised to provide asthma patients with information about the severity of Covid-19 and about the patients’ susceptibility to Covid-19 infection, and promote their perceived self-efficacy for the prevention of Covid-19 infection, to help them enhance their Covid-19 prevention behaviours.
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